Ontario Polls, Two Of Them
A good one, from Innovative Research: A crummy one, from Oracle, who aren’t nearly as well-known. Click through this link But if you are pro-OLP you might want to avert…
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John Robson, Your Pain Sustains Me
Tim Hudak is a boob. And if that means Kathleen Wynne gets re-elected, don’t blame me. It wasn’t my idea. That’s the spirit! Despair, self-loathing! Ontario’s political right as they…
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. @sunlorriehttps://twitter.com/sunlorrie”>@sunlorrie > He wasn’t there yesterday–was hanging out at Tim Horton’s at Dundas/High Park. #topoli&mdash”>https://twitter.com/search?q=%23topoli&src=hash”>#topoli— Sheila Barry (@SheilaB27) May”>https://twitter.com/SheilaB27/statuses/464009640557023234″>May 7, 2014 Kady’s professional opinion: I’d say if — an…
Everyone’s A Consumer Critic
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. – A man has been sentenced to 15 months in jail for a destructive drive-thru at a southern Alberta Tim Hortons.Jake Krahn has also been ordered to pay…
GFL Update
Apparently: Clr. Perks will move motion on GFL vehicles receiving safety standard downgrade pic.twitter.com/nny3iUXDb8— Ann Hui (@annhui) May 6, 2014 More info here. Maybe this will get real reporters on…
Company Rob Ford Gave T.O. Garbage Contract To Has Safety Rating Downgraded
The one universally acknowledged success of Rob Ford administration at City Hall was his farming out of garbage collection west of Yonge St. to GFL Environmental. However, at the time…
Andrea Horwath: What? No Policy?
Andrea Horwath’s day today consists of one media interview, a media availability, and two photo ops. That is all. It is, indeed, all.
Richard Tol Corrects
This is actually fairly big news. Richard Tol, him of the freaky hair, and, to his credit, one of the first wave of economists to study the economics of climate…
Trudeau’s Honeymoon Is Over? I Think Perhaps Not!
From Forum: As has been the case since Trudeau became leader of the Liberals, his party continues to enjoy about a 10 per cent advantage over the Conservatives in the…
Lorrie Goldstein May Be A Kook, But
…he’s not necessarily wrong about this: Chow doesn’t want Ford out of the race because that helps John Tory: Chow stops short of calling for Ford to resign http://t.co/o6CXaAJfEL— Lorrie…
New Ontario Poll: Pain For NDP, Green Party Rides ROFO Coat-Tails
From here. Meanwhile our gal Kathleen is doing A-OK. And we can assume the Green Party uptick is due to Rob Ford’s recent endorsement. I mean, why not?
Kinder Morgan On The Upside To An Oilspill
It’s unquestionably true that, for some people, disasters can be “good for business”. So can wars. From here, incidentally.
Gas Plants Redux…But With Torys And Wind Farms
From PCPO MPP Todd Smith: Prince Edward County, ON — Responding to a request for clarification by CCSAGE Naturally Green regarding the PC Party’s position on wind projects currently “in…
TTC Chief Andy Byford On Scarborough LRT Vs. Subway
…or, at least, an LRT running underground: Andy Byford says that TTC is mindful of changing politics, is doing work on Scarb. transit that could apply to either subway or…
Some Good News For OLP
On May 7th, @impolitical will be nominated as the #olp candidate for Parkdale-High Park. Congrats Nancy! http://t.co/cQKfX7CZdR #onpoli— Jeff Jedras (@jeffjedras) April 29, 2014 You won’t find a better person…
MPAC Turbines And Property Values Study Update
I almost wasn’t going to write about Wind Concerns Ontario’s “refutation” of MPAC’s study re the effects of wind turbines on property values. However, the most interesting bit of it…
Even The X Premier Of Alberta Wants The Fuck Out Of Alberta
She’s fled South to Palm Springs, and I’ve been to Palm Springs, and I’ve been to Lethbridge this time of year, and frankly who can blame her? The comments on…
Kyle Seeback, CPC MP For Brampton West, On Abortion And Rape
“If life begins at conception then abortion is taking a life. I don’t think that is an appropriate response to a terribly traumatic event (rape),” he said.“To say that because…
How Ezra Levant Wrecked The Harper Government’s Energy Strategy
From Bloomberg: Still, the prime minister was unhappy that depictions of Canada as a “dirty oil” nation were not being adequately confronted by the industry or his ministers. He had…
Even Newer Ontario Poll: Does The NDP Have The GUTZZ?
If a provincial election were held tomorrow, the Progressive Conservatives under Tim Hudak would receive 37% support among decided voters (up 3 points), while Premier Kathleen Wynne and the Liberals…